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minus-squareeinfach_orangensaft@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·11 months agoi was under the impression gold dosent corrode
minus-squaremathemachristian[he]linkfedilinkarrow-up52·11 months agoIt doesnt. Neither does silver, unless they are fake/alloys. It’s a metaphor about how wealth is fleeting and that material wealth is not true wealth.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·11 months agoSilver does still tarnish when it exposed to atmospheric sulfur though.
minus-squaremathemachristian[he]linkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·11 months agoYeah but it can be polished, it doesn’t corrode like flesh rots or how moths eat the clothes which are the images the author is going with.
minus-squarem4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·11 months agoIf your gold rusts away before your eyes, God is really angry with you.
minus-squareShiggles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoSomething something with god, all things are possible
i was under the impression gold dosent corrode
It doesnt. Neither does silver, unless they are fake/alloys. It’s a metaphor about how wealth is fleeting and that material wealth is not true wealth.
Silver does still tarnish when it exposed to atmospheric sulfur though.
Yeah but it can be polished, it doesn’t corrode like flesh rots or how moths eat the clothes which are the images the author is going with.
If your gold rusts away before your eyes, God is really angry with you.
Something something with god, all things are possible
jots that down
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Well, not with oxygen.